Corona Virus Treatment

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    But we've been told that Omicron is not as nasty and less likely to hospitalise us than the other variants?

    Jenny we must remember that we're an island nation with a huge population, most of whom are living and working in close proximation.
     
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      Indeed @Sheal, but if you read the BBC article it states that the vaccines are giving reduced risk of being severely ill and needing hospital care yet in the very same sentence they say the vaccines offer no protection, whilst ignoring the fact that it is not as nasty and less likely to hospitalise us.

      But then, if it is not as nasty and less likely to hospitalise us AND if the vaccine is not effective against it, why then is our government telling us off the back of it that we need to 'get boosted... get boosted now'?
       
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        What the government says goes round in circles. They haven't got a clue what's right, what's wrong and how to deal with any of it - whilst dictating to us what we should supposedly be doing. The only thing we can trust is our own common sense to deal with Covid responsibly as individuals.
         
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          Its surprising how many people want it laid down in stone exactly what they can do and what they cant.
          They want to be told how many people they can meet and just seem to think its a numbers game.
          Its how people are these days, they seem to have to be led around and dont have a mind of their own and cant make their own decisions.

          When I was a kid I made my own amusement I played my own games and just got on with things.
          Now days kids have to have organised amusements and have to have adults sorting out how they play and what they do.
          No one is brought up to have their own mind these days, they just have to be led around by the nose following the crowd.
           
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            Equally @pete, there is a remarkable number of people that simply want the government to stop over-reaching into their lives and leave them alone.

            Stevie Wonder on a dark night can see that this virus is being used as an excuse to manipulate us and when you do even a basic level of scrutiny on just about any part of the measures taken, they don't stand up.
             
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              I'm not so sure about that, if anything I would have said the other way round. My generation was brought up to respect their elders and anyone in authority (like the police) without question. Kids these days do their own thing and in schools are actively encouraged to challenge anything. Yes there are many 'influencers' on social media which the kids like to follow and imitate which to me seems fatuous and a waste of time. But we had the same thing with people or groups we wanted to be like (or not), were you a Mod or a Rocker ? Or a Punk :)
               
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                That's too modern for me!
                 
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                  None. I was an individual. :biggrin:
                   
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                    Peace man.....I was a hippie. Flower power!!!:biggrin::spinning:
                     
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                      Oh, I guess I was that in that I had waist-length hair and mini skirts ... but I didn't hang around in groups and I didn't smoke weed but I was Secretary to a CEO/President at 17 so had to maintain a certain standard. :whistle:
                       
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                          I looked the part but was a good girl and didn't act it!!;) Went to music festivals...where you didn't need to smoke anything as the air around you was thick with.........
                          Floppy hats ,beads, bell bottoms or long cheesecloth skirts ,going on protest marches that I didn't really understand and going to Speakers Corner....to listen to things I didn't understand!!...:roflol:
                           
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                            Good morning I thought I would post this from our local paper this morning for information only :smile:
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                              I had a scooter with loads of lights and chrome so I think I was a Mod. Then I swapped to a Triumph Speed twin so was a kind of Rocker, although never wore the Greaser's clothes or met up with others.
                               
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                                Makes sense as they're the ones having to go out to work / school/ college/ uni and have a far greater urge or need to socialise.
                                 
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